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  1. There are a couple of French Romantic style organs I came across, that I have really enjoyed listening to. One is a Cavaillé-Coll style organ built by Aeris Orgona for the church of Divine Mercy in Kraków-Prokocim, Poland.

    http://aerisorgona.hu/en/cavaille-coll-replica-krakow/

    And the other is a choir organ built by … for Lutheran Church of St. Wilhadi. And although this instrument is really a choir organ with only has 22 stops; I find this organ to be very effective as a concert instrument.

    https://www.orgelbau-steinhoff.com/E/html/1_66.html

     

  2. One organ that I think is worth mentioning is the organ built by Hill & Son for the of the Adelaide town hall. This instrument suffered pretty badly from a rebuild made from 1969 – 1970. And by the late 1980's it was decided to replace the instruments.

    However today the instrument has been restored back to its original design and is now at the Barossa Regional Gallery.

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    https://www.ohta.org.au/organs/sa_ath.html

    The organ now at the Adelaide Town Hall was built by J. W. Walker & Sons in 1989.

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    https://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/AdelaideTH.html

  3. Thanks Tony. I do have a couple of books on amateur organ building which I've had for many years. Which are Practical Organ Building by W. E. Dickson, and How to Build a Small Two manual Chamber Pipe Organ by H. F. Milne. And I have also looked at the one by Mark Wicks, which can be viewed on line.

    https://archive.org/details/organbuildingfor00wick

    But to be honest although these books have given me some ideas, in reality I don't feel like they're are of much help as I'm starting to accept that this is something that is too much of challenge for someone like me.

    I kind of feel like Homer Simpsons trying to do his own foundation repair when reading these books.

     

  4. Thank you for the suggestions, but to be honest I really don't think there is anything on the internet that is going to be of any help. I've come to the conclusion that it is not possible to do an organ project single handedly. I have thought about just giving up and instead look at exploring other interests of mine such as a live steam locomotive or traction engine, but I feel like I'm just replacing one impossible project with another.

  5. I've been wondering about how much it would cost to commission an organ builder to just draw up a design for an organ?

    I know it's probably going to be very expensive to commission an organ builder to just draw up some designs, but I've become fed up trying as I just don't have the skills to do it.

  6. A month ago there was a concert consisting of music for organ and orchestra at the Teatro Olimpico, to celebrate the 1600th anniversary of the city Venice.

    The theater (as far as I'm aware) is not equipped with an organ, so the Organo Wanderer (a modular pipe organ designed by the organist Paolo Oreni) was used for the performance.

     

    The main reason I'm mentioning this is because Wayne Marshall uploaded a video to Facebook of him talking to Paolo Oreni about the history and design of the Organo Wanderer. It's a little quiet as they were standing a little too far from the microphones, but I thought was a very discussion.

    https://www.facebook.com/waynemarshall.conductor.organist/videos/627942965051316/

  7. I don't have a lot of knowledge on micro tonal music or even tuning temperaments, From what I do know Micro tonal music consists of more than 12 notes in each octave.

    The Rieger organ at St. Martin in kassel also has four ranks that contain 24 notes in each octave, which you can see demonstrated at around 5:36 in the video bellow.

     

  8. I stumbled across an article about a new Rieger organ being built for the Musiikkitalo concert hall in Finland.

    The design of this new concert organ is suppose to have some novel ideas such as micro tonal registers, as well as even having a visible wind supply. But what doesn't mention the design of facade pipes which look like squiggle lines, which is not something I thought was easy to do with metal pipes.

    https://urutsoimaan.fi/en/musiikkitalos-organ/

  9. The Youtube channe of the Toulouse organ festivals has re-uploaded the live stream of the concert Passion Piazzolla. And the sound quality is now better than it was before. 

     

    *** Programme du concert ***

    Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)

    - Vuelvo al sur

    - Libertango

     

    Thierry Escaich (Né en 1965)

    - Danse improvisée

     

    Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)

    - Balada para un loco

    - Balada para un organito loco

    - Tanti Anni Prima

     

    Lionel Suarez (Né en 1977 )

    - Improvisations

     

    Carlos Gardel (1890 - 1935)

    - Volver

     

    Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)

    Improvisations sur Tango Étude N°4 pour flûte ou violon

    Chiquilin de Bachin

     

    Thierry Escaich (Né en 1965)

    - Danse improvisée

     

    Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)

    - Fuga y misterio

    - Adios Nonino

     

    Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992) / Marcel Feijoo (1906 - 1951)

    - SVP

     

    Richard Galliano (Né en 1950 )

    - Tango pour Claude

     

  10. I've listened to the performance and I really enjoyed it.

    I think the organ handled the music really well, and I also thought the combination of accordion/bandoneon worked really well. I also find the Orgue Gulliver has a very wide dynamic range, especially for an instrument that only has one rank of pipes under expression.

    Overall I really enjoyed the performance and, and I would even love to have an album of.

    The one downside I have is that unfortunately the sound gets very distorted in the loud passages.

  11. The Toulouse organ festival will be live streaming a concert for organ accordion. The performers are accordionist Lionel Suarze, and organist Thierry Escaich (who will be performing on the new transportable pipe organ called Orgue Gulliver).

     

     

  12. This organ has a general swell over the whole instrument, which I think is the reason why it looks like the great organ is enclosed. I'm kind of a bit confused by the pipes of the 32' Soubasse being under the floor as I thought the mentioned around 1:14 in the video that these pipes were placed above the organ.

     

    The specification of this organ is quite substantial, as the instrument contains over a hundred stops along with an acoustic 64' stop.

     

    SPECIFICATION OF THE NEW CONCERT HALL ORGAN GRAND ORGUE

    GRAND ORGUE (Manual I)

    Montre 16’

    Bourdon 16’

    Montre 8’

    Flûte harmonique 8’

    Bourdon 8’

    Viole de gambe 8’

    Grosse Quinte 51/3’

    Prestant 4’

    Flûte 4’

    Grosse Tierce 31/5’

    Quinte 22/3’

    Doublette 2’

    Cornet (från c1) V

    Fourniture (2’) V

    Cymbale (1’) IV

    Bombarde 16’

    Trompette 8’

    Clairon 4’

    Saxophone (*) 8’

     

    POSITIF EXPRESSIF (Manual II)

    Quintaton 16’

    Principal 8’

    Flûte 8’

    Cor de nuit 8’

    Salicional 8’

    Unda maris (from c0) 8’

    Prestant 4’

    Flûte douce 4’

    Nazard 22/3’

    Doublette 2’

    Tierce 13/5’

    Larigot 11/3’

    Septième 11/7’

    Piccolo 1’

    Neuvième 8/9’

    Onzième 8/11’

    Cornet (from f0) V

    Plein Jeu (11/3’) IV

    Basson 16’

    Trompette 8’

    Cromorne 8’

     

    RÉCIT EXPRESSIF (Manual III)

    Bourdon 16’

    Diapason 8’

    Flûte traversière 8’

    Bourdon 8’

    Viole de gambe 8’

    Voix céleste (from c0) 8’

    Octave 4’

    Flûte octaviante 4’

    Nazard harmonique 22/3’

    Octavin 2’

    Tierce harmonique 13/5’

    Fourniture (2’) IV

    Cymbale (1/2’) III

    Bombarde 16’

    Trompette harmonique 8’

    Basson & Hautbois 8’

    Voix humaine 8’

    Clairon harmonique 4’

     

    ORCHESTRE EXPRESSIF (Manual IV)

    Violonbasse 16’

    Corno dolce 16’

    Violon 8’

    Flûte d’orchestre 8’

    Bourdon doux 8’

    Quintaton 8’

    Éolienne 8’

    Voix angélique (from c0) 8’

    Viole 4’

    Flûte d’echo 4’

    Piccolo 2’

    Harmonia aetheria (22/3’) III

    Clarinette (*) 8’

    Physharmonica (**) 16’

    Physharmonica (**) 8’

     

    SOLO EXPRESSIF (‘floating’)

    Cor d’harmonie 8’

    Violoncelle 8’

    Violoncelle céleste (from c0) 8’

    Cor anglais 8’

    Tuba magna 16’

    Tuba mirabilis 8’

    Tuba clairon 4’

     

    BOMBARDE (‘floating’)

    Cor d’harmonie (SOLO) 8’

    Tuba magna (SOLO) 16’

    Tuba mirabilis (SOLO) 8’

    Tuba clairon (SOLO) 4’

    Trompette Royale (***) 8’

     

    PÉDALE EXPRESSIF

    Basse acoustique (****) 32’

    Violonbasse (ORCH.) 16’

    Corno dolce (ORCH.) 16’

    Violoncelle 8 (SOLO) 8’

    Violon (ORCH.) 8’

    Corno dolce (****) 8’

    Physharmonica (ORCH.) 16’

    Tuba magna (SOLO) 16’

    Tuba mirabilis (SOLO) 8’

    Tuba clairon (SOLO) 4’

     

    PÉDALE

    Basse acoustique [211/3’] 64’

    Soubasse 32’

    Flûte 16’

    Montre (GRAND ORGUE) 16’

    Soubasse 16’

    Grosse Quinte 102/3’

    Flûte 8’

    Principal 8’

    Grande Tierce 62/5’

    Quinte 51/3’

    Grande Septième 44/7’

    Flûte 4’

    Bombarde 32’

    Bombarde 16’

    Basson 16’

    Trompette 8’

    Clairon 4’

    (*) free reed

    (**) free reed with separate swell device

    (***) on high pressure

    (****) from Corno dolce 16’ (ORCHESTRE)

     

    COMPASS

    Manuals: C–c4

    Pedal: C g1

    TWO CONSOLES

    Mechanical action console, built-in (movable in up- and downwards direction) Remote, mobile console (electric, proportional key and stop action)

    112 stops, incl. 15 transmissions

    COUPLERS

    Normal couplers, sub- and super-octave couplers; 12 free adjustable couplers

    COMBINATION SYSTEMS, ETC

    Rieger’s combination system (4 adjustable crescendi; sostenuto; etc.) Additional Swell shutter system, movable panels in the back wall of the stage Rieger’s tuning system and replay system; MIDI

    WIND SUPPLY SYSTEM Various pressures for various windchests/groups of stops Flexible wind system for the Grand Orgue (c:a 20–150 mm)

  13. I just remember that a while ago I came across a channel dedicated to a unique continuo organ that I think is very effective as a solo instrument.

    The following description about this organ is taken from the channel.

    "This unique and very versatile organ was built in 2018 by Marc Nagels for Arno Kerkhof. It was designed as a seperate continuo organ with three stops and a connectable front case with nine stops. The seperate tower containing the lowest octave of the Principale can be connected to the continuo organ. The ensemble forms a full Italian organ in 18th c. Venetian style. The organ finds a place at any location, within any orchestra, choir or ensemble. It can be tuned in any desired temperament, pitched at 390, 415 or 440 hz."

     

  14. Although the subcontrabassoon is still not complete, Richard Bobo recently made a video of a bassoon sextet that I think gives use an idea of how the subcontrabassoon sounds as a musical instrument.

    I actually think the subcontrabassoon may have a future when it comes to being used as more serious instrument and not just as a novelty instrument. The reason why is because I think the subcontrabassoon is much more practical than most other subcontrabass instruments that I've seen.

     

     

  15. Yes, I don't think portable carillons are something a lot of people would be familiar with.

    I tried looking for the video Rowland Wateridge mentioned that was of “Wien bleibt Wien” arranged for carillon, organ, trumpet, and pan pipes, but I haven't had much luck. I did recently come across a video of a carillon being played in a band.

    0:00 Street spirit (Radiohead)

    4:16 Moon over Bourbon Street (Sting)

    8:15 Roads (Portishead)

    13:34 Life on Mars (David Bowie)

    17:12 That's not how dreams are made (Jasper Steverlinck)

    20:56 Summertime (George Gershwin)

     

     

     

  16. I just read an interesting article about a portable carillon that was built by students at the Iowa State University. This carillon as you can see has a bell tower facade, complete with a working clock. And apparently this carillon is even equipped with an electronic display that's similar to the Game guitar Hero, which was done by student who specialise in electronics and software engineering.

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    https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2019/10/31/model

  17. It would be nice to hear some demonstrations of a 32' resultant reed, but there's no videos or recordings that demonstrate this particular type of resultant.

    I have come across some videos of organ that do contain these acoustic stops. One example is a video of the Orgue du Voyage built by Jean Baptiste Monnot. Towards the end of the video i can hear what sounds a little like a 32' reed.

     

  18. I recently checked out the subcontrabassoon project to see how it's going, and its progressed quite a bit. I suspect it's still got a long way to go before it's finished as it does still needs keys added to it, but it's reached the point where we can hear how it sounds.

     

     

  19. I was just thinking that it may be worth adding to the list, as I have come across several portable pipe organs that I think are worth including.

    I've also been wondering about what information I should be providing, as I included the name of the organist or organ builder along with the dates they were alive. But I'm starting think that the dates are not that important, as I included them because it's not often mentioned when these pipe organs were built, and at the time I felt that it would help narrow down the era the instruments are from.

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